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Sensors who think they are Intuitives

Oaky

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I'm really quite annoyed at all the people who I tell about the MBTI types who keep thinking that they are Intuitives. They take the mbti personality test and pretty much answer on how they want to be.
I've got an ISFJ friend who thinks he's an INTJ saying "Yea, that's definitely me"
Then I got my ISFP friend who thinks he's an INFP.
It just makes me wonder how people who claim they are N are really an S.
Is being a sensor really so bad that people can't accept it as part of their personality?

EDIT:
This thread is about natural sensors who think they are intuitives not about my friends. To cancel out further misunderstandings.
 
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Athenian200

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Is being a sensor really so bad that people can't accept it as part of their personality?

I think a lot of people have associated tradition and security with "what their parents did," and since they do things differently, they feel that they're not into tradition. That's one reason why a person that has chosen to do things differently than their parents might not identify with SJ.

Now, with SP, it's a little less clear. I think ESPs should know what type they are and be happy with it. But ISPs... might not be as impulsive, and feel that they're more cautious and measured, maybe identifying more with the creativity of N types than the impulsiveness of SPs.
 

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Why does it annoy you? People can see themselves as however they want, it doesn't affect my life in the slightest way.
 

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Personally, I have no idea if I'm a sensor or an intuitive, and I've been at this thing longer than I care to admit, namely 11 years....
 

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Perhaps some people (Ns included, at times) perceive Sensors as being less intelligent or adept at dealing with people. If there's one thing that I've learned/had reinforced on this forum, it's that they are just as insightful, but that they gather the information to arrive at their conclusions in a different way. They have a whole different skillset than the Ns have, but sometimes it is taken for granted and given less value. I have really come to appreciate all the practical here and now skills Sensors possess which I do not, and also their ability to appreciate the present more fully than I do.

Another reason I see is that there is a significantly smaller population of Ns in the world. Many people want to be rare and unique (in a good way).
 

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Why does it annoy you? People can see themselves as however they want, it doesn't affect my life in the slightest way.

It may not affect your life but it does to mine. My mates always refer back to their 'fake' personalities according to how they do things now. They also decide to bring me into their retarded lives and the so called 'INTJ' friend likes to think we think pretty much the same way.

Sensors who want to be 'different' or 'unique' are pretty much wanting to be something they are not. It's become more of a cultural thing where young people strive to be unique then give up at some point in their lives.
 

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Yes Sensors should know their place and get back to the herd! :D

Don't blame them, blame the test.

Anyway, do you really know them better than they know themselves?
 

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and what is the lesson learned? Don't bring up mbti around sensors, they usually don't give a damn. And in your case if they do, they'll just have fun with it, not exactly take it as serious as us.
 

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It may not affect your life but it does to mine. My mates always refer back to their 'fake' personalities according to how they do things now. They also decide to bring me into their retarded lives and the so called 'INTJ' friend likes to think we think pretty much the same way.

Sensors who want to be 'different' or 'unique' are pretty much wanting to be something they are not. It's become more of a cultural thing where young people strive to be unique then give up at some point in their lives.

How do you know what they are?
 

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It may not affect your life but it does to mine. My mates always refer back to their 'fake' personalities according to how they do things now. They also decide to bring me into their retarded lives and the so called 'INTJ' friend likes to think we think pretty much the same way.

Sensors who want to be 'different' or 'unique' are pretty much wanting to be something they are not. It's become more of a cultural thing where young people strive to be unique then give up at some point in their lives.

...then find some new friends if you find them so very infuriating?
 

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I'm going to make an "Intuitives who think they are sensors" thread and totally target Little Linguist.
 

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You do know some people are borderline, right? There are people who have a similar % of N and S in their cognitive function strengths.
 

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It may not affect your life but it does to mine. My mates always refer back to their 'fake' personalities according to how they do things now. They also decide to bring me into their retarded lives and the so called 'INTJ' friend likes to think we think pretty much the same way.

Sensors who want to be 'different' or 'unique' are pretty much wanting to be something they are not. It's become more of a cultural thing where young people strive to be unique then give up at some point in their lives.

Why are you so angry about something so trivial? If you didn't like these people why do you consider them your friends? I think you need to take a step back, take a deep breath and take a second look at how you are acting. If I read right your friends try to act more intellectual around you? I'd be flattered if people were trying to mimic me. (which like.. never happens)
 

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I'm really quite annoyed at all the people who I tell about the MBTI types who keep thinking that they are Intuitives. They take the mbti personality test and pretty much answer on how they want to be.
I've got an ISFJ friend who thinks he's an INTJ saying "Yea, that's definitely me"
Then I got my ISFP friend who thinks he's an INFP.
It just makes me wonder how people who claim they are N are really an S.
Is being a sensor really so bad that people can't accept it as part of their personality?

First of all, MBTI measures "preferences."
There is no proof you are INTJ.
There is no proof your friend is ISFJ.
This has always been the problem with self-assessments.

Furthermore, preferring sensing over intuition does not mean a person lacks inuitive ability.
Preferring intuition does not mean a person lacks sensing ability.
If it did, you'd be blind and deaf.
 

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How do you know what they are?

I can tell the difference between a sensor and an intuitive.

Why are you so angry about something so trivial? If you didn't like these people why do you consider them your friends? I think you need to take a step back, take a deep breath and take a second look at how you are acting. If I read right your friends try to act more intellectual around you? I'd be flattered if people were trying to mimic me. (which like.. never happens)
Your probably right. Actually I have a number of friends only of which a few are sensors. It's just distressing when I have to deal with people who lie to themselves or 'put on a cover'.
Anyway this thread wasn't necessarily supposed to be about my mates but about the sensors who dub themselves as intuitives although it seems some people misunderstood my first post. I was just giving examples.
 

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I'm going to make an "Intuitives who think they are sensors" thread and totally target Little Linguist.

hahaha :tongue10: Give me proof why you think I'm not! :D

Nah, but seriously...I'm everything and I'm nothing. I'm the question mark over your head. (Damn, this sounds like Fight Club - "I'm the....")
 

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I'm actually a disguised sensor in a monkey suit, don't kill me.
 

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hahaha :tongue10: Give me proof why you think I'm not! :D

Nah, but seriously...I'm everything and I'm nothing. I'm the question mark over your head. (Damn, this sounds like Fight Club - "I'm the....")

I am Jack's raging identity crisis!
 

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I'm really quite annoyed at all the people who I tell about the MBTI types who keep thinking that they are Intuitives. They take the mbti personality test and pretty much answer on how they want to be.
I've got an ISFJ friend who thinks he's an INTJ saying "Yea, that's definitely me"
Then I got my ISFP friend who thinks he's an INFP.
It just makes me wonder how people who claim they are N are really an S.
Is being a sensor really so bad that people can't accept it as part of their personality?


I know exactly what you mean. I gave one sensor a test, and he came out ENFP, and he was definitely more like ISFJ or ISFP. An ESFP comes out ENFP. I just look at them and know. Most intuitives care to look into personality, and a lot of sensors just don't care, in my experience.


(I <3 Fight Club)
 
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